VS Code changes default for Copilot co-author attribution in commit messages
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Summary
VS Code version 1.110 introduced a setting (git.addAICoAuthor) that adds Copilot as a co-author in commit messages by appending "Co-authored-by: Copilot [email protected]". The setting has three values: off (no attribution), chatAndAgent (attribution for chat-generated code), and all (attribution for any AI-generated code). The default was off, but in version 1.117 (rolled out 4/22), this default was changed.
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The setting git.addAICoAuthor has three different values: off - no attribution no matter whether Copilot assisted or not with the code in this commit
chatAndAgent - add attribution if the commit contains code that was generated using the chat feature
all - add attribution if the commit contains any kind of AI-generated code (chat, inline completions, NES)
The default value of the setting was off. In 1.117 (public rollout started 4/22), we changed
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